Posted on 06/19/2025 9:22:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
This week, the secretary of the United States Navy announced that it met its recruiting goal for the fiscal year 2025.
This came after reports surfaced throughout former President Joe Biden’s tenure that recruiting numbers were dropping.
"I am proud to announce we've met our Fiscal Year 2025 recruiting goal, three months early. 40,600 future Sailors have signed up to serve in our U.S. Navy," Secretary John Phelan said in a video announcement this week.
“This is a critical time in history. The world is more complex and more contested than it has been in decades. Our ability to respond starts with our greatest asset – our people. This milestone reflects more than numbers. It reflects the drive of our recruiters, innovation of our team, and the courage of thousands of Americans who stepped forward to serve,” he added.
“This recruiting milestone is only the beginning, because the challenges ahead are growing. We’re in a new era of warfare, where the battlefield extends from sea bed to space,” he continued. “To our newest sailors: welcome to the fleet. Thank you. Your courage makes it all possible.”
In fiscal year 2023, the Navy missed its active-duty recruiting goal by several thousand recruits. The goal was 37,700. The Navy only recruited 30,236.
Last year, a report from Navy Times described this as a “crisis.” This did not just impact the Navy. Every branch except the Marines saw recruiting numbers drop.
“I think we can absorb one year of missing mission,” Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander of Naval Surface Forces, said at the Surface Navy Association’s annual conference last year. “Two years — that’s going to be a problem, that’s going to have an effect.”
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But ....
The Boo-Birds on this forum insist that “this generation” is a bunch of fat, cowardly good-for-nothings who don’t want to work, or serve in the military, or do anything useful.
Ceased using diversity requirements imo. Yhis is too fast to be a mere appreciationofTrump.
There was probably something squirrely happening with recruitment quotas.
Wow! 1/2 way thru the year too! Tremendous! 6 months into Biden’s term it went the other way I’m sure
Just this week I met a Navy recruiter. Found out they’re not called “recruiters” anymore. Now they’re “Talent Acquisition”.
Yeah, the Air Force recruiters changed their name too. They’re now called “liars”.
“Want that special job? Loadmaster? Aircrew? Sure! No problem, I’ll put you on the list!”
Oh, yeah. The Marine recruiter said I was gauranteed my MOS, found out I was “Open Contract”, which pretty much meant Infantry. I may or may not have raised a little Hell about that.
I disagree. We are a generational military family, but the ones that were the right age to join had no desire to join under Biden or Harris if she won.
The diversity issues were not good either but not the main reason.
I would agree normally it would be a fast turn around, but it wasn’t just Trump is great thinking- more that the dims are so bad for the military.
“””Oh, yeah. The Marine recruiter said I was gauranteed my MOS, found out I was “Open Contract”, which pretty much meant Infantry. I may or may not have raised a little Hell about that.”””
I ended up in S-4 as an Embarkation and Logistics Specialist. Worked in a office. Not what I expected going into the Marines. Easy job but I was almost always the lowest rank there. Even when I was a E-4.
“””The Boo-Birds on this forum insist that “this generation” is a bunch of fat, cowardly good-for-nothings “””
They said that about the long haired hippy boomers. Who then said it about the X’ers. And so on down to todays new workers.
The real truth is that they have just not been taught how to work yet. Most will be good workers if shown how to work.
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